In 2019, the SBC produced its ChurchCares Program. I wrote five posts about it. Here they are for ready reference. 1. Churchcares.com – the SBC’s plan to equip churches to respond to abuse (focuses on Chris Moles) 2. Darby Strickland is raising awareness about domestic abuse, but… 3. Diane Langberg is advocating for abuse victims,… Continue reading SBC’s ChurchCares Program Digest
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Churchcares.com – the SBC’s plan to equip churches to respond to abuse (Part 1, Chris Moles)
The SBC is preparing a video-based curriculum called “Becoming a Church that Cares Well for Abuse”. The teaching team they have chosen includes Chris Moles, Leslie Vernick, Darby Strickland and Diane Langberg. I have mixed feelings about this. The primary focus of churchcares.com appears to be sexual abuse, but domestic abuse is being covered as… Continue reading Churchcares.com – the SBC’s plan to equip churches to respond to abuse (Part 1, Chris Moles)
A contemporary PCA theologian who said that abuse is grounds for divorce – David Clyde Jones
David Clyde Jones is remembered as the PCA’s chief ethicist of recent times (link). He trained generations of pastors at Covenant Theological Seminary, where he taught for 40 years. He commended my book Not Under Bondage. Jones suggested that the Westminster Confession's statement about divorce be modified in one small but very significant way. The… Continue reading A contemporary PCA theologian who said that abuse is grounds for divorce – David Clyde Jones
Biblical counseling, tribal loyalties and grooming. Windup of the Chris Moles series.
Biblical counselors who are carrying the DV banner are starting to say some good stuff about domestic abuse and how it affects victims — things that weren’t being said when ACFJ began in 2012. But there are some changes we are still not seeing. 1. Their approach to abusers Either they are treating the abuser… Continue reading Biblical counseling, tribal loyalties and grooming. Windup of the Chris Moles series.
How many problems can you find in CBMW’s “Statement on Abuse”?
Chris Moles and I both have concerns about the Statement On Abuse which the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood published in 2018. But I see more problems in CBMW's statement than the ones Chris Moles noticed. This post is the penultimate in my series about Chris Moles. I know that some readers are wanting the series to… Continue reading How many problems can you find in CBMW’s “Statement on Abuse”?
15. Chris Moles endorses Peacemakers Ministry, which has no policy on domestic abuse.
Another indicator that Chris Moles cannot rightly divide the word of truth is that he highly commended Peacemakers Ministry. When talking to Calvary Baptist Church about domestic abuse, he spent more than ten minutes praising and teaching from the Peacemakers 'Slippery Slope' diagram. (L 26:45–37:47)* Here is the diagram: The Slippery Slope diagram from Peacemakers… Continue reading 15. Chris Moles endorses Peacemakers Ministry, which has no policy on domestic abuse.
14. Weird jokes, love of money, self-marketing — red flags that Chris Moles is a charlatan.
[April 12, 2022: There have been some changes made to this post. For more information, read the Editors’ notes at the bottom of the post. Editors.] Have you acted the buffoon at one time or another? I have. But how many domestic abuse professionals act the buffoon at batterer intervention conferences? ....let alone be such drongos as… Continue reading 14. Weird jokes, love of money, self-marketing — red flags that Chris Moles is a charlatan.
A Cry For Justice 